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Originally Posted by SAC
correct because 90% of them are marketers just like you
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I dunno, I've got 1200 after a few months of 2-3x/week posting and the vast majority of them are real users with no marketing angle. I've noticed one or two that seem to be slinging their product but they're a very small minority.
Far as the "spam" angle, it is kinda infuriating from our perspective - working hard to create our content, then presenting it *for free* in one of these social networks, get an overwhelmingly positive response from users yet the company itself flags it as spam. On my Tumblr I do a link back to my site with each post (no affiliate code, just the domain) and not a single person has complained and they'll in fact repost with the source - it's as though they actually understand about giving credit where credit's due, which is what this is essentially all about. I've gotten more than one message from people to the effect of "this is my favorite tumblr, thanks" so I'll be pretty pissed if they shut it down. We'll see...
That being said, I think it's in part from the earlier days of adult marketing when you had thousands of noobs wanting to break into the biz & get rich, they did indeed flood the web with terrible useless overt spam and people are still a bit cagey as a result. Yet another way in which our Wild West era still comes back to bite us in the ass.